Horseshoe.



T. F. 8x D. F. FARLEY.

HORSESHOE. ArrLmA'rIoN rILnn 111111811. 1810.

986,914. Pana Manu, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

THOMAS F. FARLEY AND DAVID F. FARLEY, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSAGHUSETTS.

HORSESI-IOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patcnted Mar. 14, 1911.

Application filed April 30, 1910. Serial No. 558,565.

To aZZ who'm it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS F. FAnia'zY and DAVID F. FARLEY, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshireand State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inHorseshoes, of which the following .is a specification.

This invention relates to horseshoes and particularly to horseshoecalks, the object of the invention being to provide a removable calkwhich will remain upon the shoe until worn down flat with the body ofthe shoe and then be readily removed.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the specific descriptionwhich follows is read in connection with the accompanying drawings whichform a part of this specification and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shoe. Fio'. 2 is a section takenon the line 2- 9 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1. Fig. lt is a detail perspective view of one side of the toecalk. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the opposite side of thetoe calk, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the heel calksremoved from the shoe.

Referring more especially to the drawing, 1 represents the body of theshoe, which is notched at the toe 2 on diametrically opposite sidesthereof as at 3 and et and connecting said notches is a recess 5 formedon the inner side of the shoe for a purpose to bc hereinafter descrbed.Each leg of the heel is notched and recessed in a similar manner so asto receive the opposite members (i and 7 of the heel calks. The toecall: (aimprises the inner and outer members 8 and S) both of which areprovided with projecting tlanges 1.0 which enter the notches 3 and ftand prevent lateral movement of the calks on the shoe. Connected to theflanges 10 of the members 8 and 9 are inwardly extend' ng flanges 11which enter the recess 5 and abut each other, the flange 11 for theouter member 9 having a concave edge and the flange 11 of the insidemember 8 having a convex edge to mate with the concave edge on themember 9. On the top of the shoe the meeting faces of the members 8 and9 are concave and convex as shown in the drawing to conform with theedges of the flanges 11, and when these parts are secured together bythe through bolts 13 these surfaces prevent lateral displacement of themembers one upon the other.

The heel calks are provided with the projecting tlanges 111 which haveconnected to them the inwardly extending tianges 15 adapted to lie inthe recesses on the inner side of the shoe and both members (S and 7 areconnected together by a through bolt 16. It will be noticed that thethrough bolts 13 and 16 connect the separate members of the calksimmediately above the surface of the shoe body.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, is

A horseshoe comprising a body having diametrically opposite notches inits toe and a recess on its inner face connecting said notches, a pairof toe calk members, flanges on said members adapted to engage thenotches, secondary flanges carried by the first-mentioned lflanges andextending at right angles thereto to enter the recess, the meeting facesof said secondary tlangcs and the meeting faces of said members beingconcave and convcx so as to intcrlock, said shoe being also providedwith notches and recesses in its heel, call: members secured in saidnotches and recesses, and bolts passing through said. members forholding said calk members upon the shoe.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS F. FARLEY. DAVID F. FARLEY. Vitnesses LOUIS H. Lemm, GEORGE T.FAnLnY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissoner of lPatents, Washington, D. C."

